Pure Craft Founder Follows Tesla To Cut Down Fumes
Founder Andy Roberts is interested in developing a Tesla like EV motor to make boats environment friendly
Obviously, electricity and water do not mix but one Seattle based company known as Pure Watercraft has decided to develop a Tesla- like electric vehicle motor to help the cause of boats. On 14th April 2015, the company started to take pre-orders to deliver its Pure Outboard with a refundable deposit of $500 through its own site.
In 2011, an ex-rowing coach, Andy Rebele laid the foundations of Pure Watercraft with his mission to replace conventional gasoline-powered motors with an eco-friendly and quite different that had power and real range.
Andy stated “Making a high-performance electric vehicle that works on the water is hard,” he said, “but that’s why it’s worth doing.”
Every component found in the Pure Outboard including battery pack is more technically “IP67,” or water proof which tells us that it can be submerged in water with a depth of 1 meter for at most half an hour without any problem.
This motor can move a light-weighted, 27ft boat at a speed around 21mph. Or it can turn a smaller-sized 16ft boat into a watercraft which is actually plane, Andy stated.
On just one, completely charged battery, the boat runs for 40 hours moving a lightweight,27ft boat at a speed of 3 miles per hour.
Pure Outboard differs a little from a gas-powered motor. It has got a huge propeller. And its lower strut is not only used to equip the motor on the boat, but also to exchange heat.
The tech system does not let any seawater move through. It is not equipped with any shifting gears nor does it need any fuel. This turns it into a “zero-maintenance” design, Andy stated
A cooling loop within it uses water nearby to cool the electronics as the boat is running. The battery can be taken out and it’s charging can be done indoors. But a large number of users will plug-in their motors to a standard outlet where they dock.
University of Washington, Stanford University and Harvard University are going through a process to buy engines to help their competitive rowing teams, after initial prototype demos, the organization stated.
Apart from the horsepower, coaches are interested in quiet quality as well as the lack of gasoline fumes released by the boat, as loss of hearing spoils the profession. Those things would be appreciated by families and luxurious boaters.
Something new to hardware engineering, Andy is well-known to the tech industry. He established an online auction startup known as CityAuction.
He sold CityAuction to Interactive Corporation in 1999. Andy used some of this own money to develop the live-work spaces of Seattle to help entrepreneurial teams, the Hacker Houses.
Whether it is bootstrapped or venture-funded, the organization is interested in having a positive impact on the environment.
